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cyst

[sist] / sɪst /


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When she was five months pregnant, ultrasound examinations revealed that the fetus had a cleft palate, a brain cyst, and heart defects.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

The drug works by blocking vasopressin, which helps reduce cyst growth.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

Ueda is expected to remain in the hospital for about two weeks while receiving treatment for an infected liver cyst, the central bank said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Rachel suggested the indentation in her abdomen might have been an ovarian cyst, and a doctor agreed but took no further action.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

I had to have an egg-size cyst removed from my back, which was a relief because Will had started calling me “Humpback.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Breakouts can look like milder, painless white bumps or dark specks known as whiteheads and blackheads, or more painful red bumps and deeper cysts — a mark of cystic acne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

A farmer living with slow-growing cysts caused by a tapeworm says he had no idea anything was wrong - until the worst pain of his life.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

The medications that cause ovarian suppression and have effectively relieved menstrual pain and helped millions of women to manage endometriosis, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and ovarian cysts?

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

When E. multilocularis infects a person or animal, it can produce cancer-like cysts in the liver and, in some cases, other organs.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026

Some had crooked backs, or humps, or horns, or antlers, or bulging cysts, or tails.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull


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